Ranking all the Big Ten games, from Week 1 to 14

Ranking all the Big Ten games, from Week 1 to 14

I’ve spent the last few weeks offering my super-early thoughts on the 2014 football schedule. You can catch up here. Today, it’s time to compile my game rankings for all 14 weeks in one post.

What’s the one game you won’t want to miss each week? Hop inside to find out.

WEEK 11. Wisconsin vs. LSU (in Houston)2. Cal at Northwestern3. Penn State vs. UCF (in Dublin, Ireland)4. Ohio State at Navy (in Baltimore)5. Rutgers at Washington State (Thursday in Seattle)6. Appalachian State at Michigan7. Northern Iowa at Iowa8. Youngstown State at Illinois9. Western Michigan at Purdue10. Jacksonville State at Michigan State (Friday)11. James Madison at Maryland12. Florida Atlantic at Nebraska13. Eastern Illinois at Minnesota (Thursday)14. Indiana State at Indiana

WEEK 21. Michigan State at Oregon2. Michigan at Notre Dame3. Virginia Tech at Ohio State4. Northern Illinois at Northwestern5. Maryland at South Florida6. Middle Tennessee State at Minnesota7. Akron at Penn State8. Ball State at Iowa9. Central Michigan at Purdue10. Western Kentucky at Illinois11. Howard at Rutgers12. Western Illinois at Wisconsin13. McNeese State at Nebraska

WEEK 31. Nebraska at Fresno State2. Minnesota at TCU3. Penn State at Rutgers4. Iowa State at Iowa5. West Virginia at Maryland6. Illinois at Washington7. Purdue vs. Notre Dame (in Indianapolis)8. Indiana at Bowling Green9. Miami (Ohio) at Michigan10. Kent State at Ohio State

WEEK 41. Miami (Fla.) at Nebraska2. Iowa at Pitt3. Utah at Michigan4. Indiana at Missouri5. Maryland at Syracuse6. San Jose State at Minnesota7. Bowling Green at Wisconsin8. Rutgers at Navy9. Texas State at Illinois10. Eastern Michigan at Michigan State11. UMass at Penn State12. Western Illinois at Northwestern13. Southern Illinois at Purdue

WEEK 51. Minnesota at Michigan2. Northwestern at Penn State3. Maryland at Indiana4. Cincinnati at Ohio State5. Illinois at Nebraska6. Iowa at Purdue7. South Florida at Wisconsin8. Wyoming at Michigan State9. Tulane at Rutgers

WEEK 61. Nebraska at Michigan State2. Wisconsin at Northwestern3. Ohio State at Maryland4. Purdue at Illinois5. Michigan at Rutgers6. North Texas at Indiana

WEEK 71. Penn State at Michigan2. Northwestern at Minnesota3. Indiana at Iowa4. Illinois at Wisconsin5. Michigan State at Purdue

WEEK 81. Nebraska at Northwestern2. Michigan State at Indiana3. Iowa at Maryland4. Purdue at Minnesota5. Rutgers at Ohio State

WEEK 91. Michigan at Michigan State2. Ohio State at Penn State3. Maryland at Wisconsin4. Minnesota at Illinois5. Rutgers at Nebraska

BTN.com senior writer Tom Dienhart is a veteran sports journalist who covers Big Ten football and men’s basketball for BTN.com and BTN TV. Find him on Twitter and Facebook, read all of his work at btn.com/tomdienhart, and subscribe to his posts via RSS. Also, send questions to his weekly mailbag using the form below and read all of his previous answers in his reader mailbag section.